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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

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Question reference: S6W-22642

Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 17 November 2023
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 4 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-22383 by Michael Matheson on 3 November 2023, in relation to the National Centre for Remote and Rural Health and Care, what specific steps are (a) being taken and (b) planned to (i) improve rural primary care staff recruitment and (ii) skills development of remote and rural staff.

The National Centre for Remote and Rural Health and Care, for the first time, will combine rural specific workforce and service development, with research and evaluation into one National Centre.

The Centre’s initial focus is identifying and promoting approaches that improve rural and island primary care recruitment of staff including: increasing skills of remote and rural GPs and other practitioners to ensure there is the workforce capacity to deliver care close to home, develop further support networks and career development opportunities for rural practitioners and to support development of skilled mixed workforce teams.

Work has already begun on two key pieces of work, improved support and training for remote and rural dispensing practices and developing supervisory training hubs.

Question reference: S6W-22983

Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 17 November 2023
Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 28 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what the cost is of the Highland Council's current backlog of outstanding road repairs, and what the cost was at the end of (a) 2022-23, (b) 2021-22, (c) 2020-21 and (d) 2019-20.

Question reference: S6W-22833

Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 November 2023
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 23 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how much of the cost associated with the National Dashcam Safety Portal pilot would have been (a) expected to have been paid from Police Scotland's existing budget and (a) provided by the Scottish Government.

In August 2021, Police Scotland submitted a bid to the Road Safety Framework Fund and received a grant offer of £300,000 for a National Dashcam Safety Portal (NDSP) pilot.

£21,732 of this funding was utilised to undertake initial scoping work on options and Transport Scotland retained the rest of the funding and used it to deliver other road safety measures aimed at reducing casualties on Scotland’s roads. The Scottish Government remained committed to delivering the initiative alongside Police Scotland, and ensured that the budget was available the following financial year.

However, as part of the scoping work, Police Scotland has now concluded that a stand-alone portal is neither the optimum nor best value route to create the capability for digital media to be submitted by members of the public. The Digital Evidence Sharing Capability (DESC) Programme, currently in pilot in Dundee, will make it easy for a member of the public to submit digital evidence as part of an investigation following a report to the police. DESC will enable development of further capabilities where scope to further improve the service to the public is identified.

Question reference: S6W-22831

Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 November 2023
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 23 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what the full implementation costs were of joining the National Dashcam Safety Portal.

Question reference: S6W-22830

Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 November 2023
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 21 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government when it expects the Digital Evidence Sharing Capability to be rolled out.

Question reference: S6W-22832

Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 November 2023
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 21 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what the full implementation costs will be of the Digital Evidence Sharing Capability.

Question reference: S6W-22834

Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 November 2023
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 21 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how much of the cost associated with the Digital Evidence Sharing Capability will be (a) expected to be paid from Police Scotland's existing budget and (b) provided by the Scottish Government.

Question reference: S6W-22624

Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 November 2023
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 9 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether all the partners to the private finance pilot between NatureScot, Palladium, Lombard Odier and Hampden & Co remain actively involved in and committed to the private finance pilot.

Question reference: S6O-02719

Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 November 2023
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what support it will provide to the creative industries in the Highlands and Islands region.

Question reference: S6W-22383

Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 October 2023
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 3 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the progress of the National Centre for Remote and Rural Health and Care, which is expected to launch in October 2023 to improve primary and community services, and what work has been carried out to date.

The National Centre for Remote and Rural Health and Care launched at the beginning of October, and is currently focused on delivering a programme of work designed to improve the capability of rural, remote and island primary care and community services, and support the improvement and retention of a more highly skilled rural health workforce.

The Centre will be delivered by NHS Education Scotland and is backed by £3m until 2026. The Centre, will be both virtual and local to ensure its availability to all communities, and will provide a resource to support Health Boards and Health and Social Care partnerships in their responsibilities and drive essential improvements in sustainability.